Derrick Jones Jr. could win the NBA Dunk Contest on Saturday. Hell, behind last year’s runner-up Aaron Gordon, he might be the favorite. He also just threw down his first ever dunk in the NBA.
Derrick Jones Jr. finally dunked in the NBA, 3 days before he competes in the NBA Dunk Contest
It’s because he has barely played for Phoenix, not because he can’t dunk!
Jones had only attempted four shots coming into this game, to be fair. He has barely played for Phoenix this season, but his D-League dunk repertoire is filthy. Here’s a taste.
For a minute, I thought about embedding a different video — that’s “Every Dunk” of his D-League campaign so far, and I was nervous that a lot of them might be boring.
Then I watched the first one. Nah, this’ll do.
